[Bobby777]

sounds like a "yo-yo" to me ... F-4 Phantom II tactic used against more manueverable MiG to bring the nose to bear ... initiated when the MiG is behind the F-4 ...

[Gunrunner2]

I'm not too sure it was a yo-yo, as a yo-yo is to control your closure on an aircraft. The article said the jets were line abreast at set-up, so a yo-yo isn't the maneuver.

BTW, yo-yos are not taught anymore in the F-16 or F-15, as aerodynamics and thrust make that maneuver no longer relevant. Squaring corners beats yo-yos.

Given the set-up was line abreast and the pilots were testing the aircraft to see who could fly their jet to the other's six, a scissors would be the maneuver and a rolling scissors is usually the result.